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Colombia, state of Cauca, aroimd Tacueyo, lUo Palo valley, 

 Huila group, central Cordillera, ait. 8000 m., on shady rocks 

 along river, January: H. Pittier n.i034, U.S.N.H. 



17. Peperomia Heydei C. DC. in Bot. Gaz. XIX, p. 9, 

 X brevipeduncula C. DC, n. var.; pedunculis fere 7 mm. longis. 



Santa Marta, near the Ouaca l'oad, rare, only in darap forest, 

 in rotten logs, the root short and tibrous: Herbert H. Smith n. 

 1241, h. Cand. 



18. Peperomia Seleri C.DC, n.sp.; foliis longe petiola- 

 tis glabris, limboovato fere ab '/s supra basin peltato, petiolo fili- 

 formi limbum pluries supei'ante; pedunculis filiforinibus petiolos 

 fere aequantibiis glabris, spicis glabris t{Ucnn pedunculo pauUo 

 brevioribiis, tilifonnibus, bracteae pelta ovata apice acute acunii- 

 nata centro pedicellata, antheris rotundatis quam fltamenta sat 

 longa brevioribus, ovario emerso ovato-obloiigo superne in stiluin 

 brevenî cylindricum apice stigrnatifernni producto, stigmate 

 glabro, bacca ovala glandulis siibasperata. 



Herba saxicola, verisimiliter tuberosa. Linibi in sicco membra- 

 nacei, circiter 6,5 cm. longi et 4 cm. lati, nervi iuconspicni. Pe- 

 tioli 3,5 cm. longi, bracteae pelta 0,75 mm. longa. 



Cerro de iVmazonas bei Lima, auf Steinen, October: Seler n.262, 

 h. BeroL; CerrodeSanCristobal,an Felseu und zwischen Steinen; 

 n. 250, ibid. 



19. Peperomia Hartmanni C. D(]., n. sp.; caule velu- 

 tine puberulo ; foliis alternis brevissime petiolatis, limbo ovato- 

 oblongo basi rotundato apice acute acuminato, uti'inque velutine 

 puberulo margineque ciliolato, 7-plinervio, nervo centrali nervos 

 adsc(Midentes ntrinque 2paullo supra basin mittente, nervo late- 

 rali adsc<mdent(^ utrinquc a basi soluto, petiolo velutine pube- 

 rulo; pedunculis tcM'uiinalibns axillaribusque petiolos plui'ies su- 

 perantibus et velutine puberulis, spicis quam folia longioribus 

 densitloris, rhachi puberula, bracteae pelta rotunda margine su- 

 periore ciliolata centro pedicellata, antheris i-otundalis quam 



